Transcript PA statements

Mediators of change?
The relevance and potential of protected areas
for adaptation to climate change
Aliances Workshop at the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2008 in Barcelona, Spain
Protected areas are but a drop in the bucket for
maintaining biodiversity through the changing climate!
(agree = stand up; not agree = remain seated)
Dry, drier, burnt? We are risking our livelihoods if we do
not implement climate adaptation strategies in PAs!
(agree = stand up; not agree = remain seated)
Our hopes for biodiversity conservation through
protected areas are melting away, no matter what we try!
(agree = stand up; not agree = remain seated)
We are doing wrong to
turn our backs on the
challenge of climate
change for protected
areas arguing that there
is nothing we can do
anyway!
(agree = stand up; not
agree = remain seated)
Are protected areas colourful islands in a world
bleaching bright white?
(yes = stand up; no = remain seated)